Nov 15 Na'aleh, Day 2: Kovi Smith

Waking up to the hotel wake up call at 7.00am, with some sort of music playing instead of avoice meant it was time to get stuck into a day, in which we would have to immerseourselves into a Torah environment - the first day of Yeshivah/Midrasha. The day began withShacharit in the basement and a delicious spread at the Montefiore Hotel buffet and thenwe were off to Yeshivat Lev Hatorah for the guys and Midrashet Amit for the girls.

The bus ride to the Yeshivah was full of Jewish music, getting the boys hyped up for theunknown experience that lay ahead. We got off the bus to be greeted by the Dean of theYeshivah, Rav Cytrin. He sat us down and gave us a little explanation about the institutionand the way they educate their students in a positive environment through their high-quality facilities. We then went on a tour of the Yeshivah with him where he showed us thegym, basketball court, Beit Midrash, shule and apartments. From there we went into aseparate room with our amazing Rakaz, David Wolfowicz, where we learned the process ofhow we derive the practical law that we do today from the Torah. This interesting shiur wasfollowed up by a Gemorah shiur by one of the Rabbeim of the Yeshivah, Rabbi Kahn. Thisinvolved Gemorah and commentaries about Chanukah and why we celebrate it. Lunchfollowed and then we had the opportunity to go on a tour of the Bet Shemesh communityand learn a little about the history behind it. That was the end of Day 1 in Yeshivah.

We picked up the girls after their educational day in Midrasha to go to Malcha Mall, wherewe had some down time to look around in shops and meet up with family.